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Malawi: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban

27.91percent · 2024-5.9% since 2014

The percentage of people living in households that have a handwashing facility with soap and water available on the premises. Handwashing facilities may be fixed or mobile and include a sink with tap water, buckets with taps, tippy-taps, and jugs or basins designated for handwashing. Soap includes bar soap, liquid soap, powder detergent, and soapy water but does not include ash, soil, sand or other handwashing agents. Annual figures for Malawi from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202427.905
202327.905
202227.905
202128.125
202028.346
201928.566
201828.786
201729.006
201629.227
201529.447
201429.667
201329.887
201230.107
201130.328
201030.548
200930.768
200830.988
200731.209
200631.429
200531.649
200431.869
200332.09
200232.31
200132.53
200032.75

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-with-basic-handwashing-facilities-including-soap-and-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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